Evaluation of a Serrated Edge to Mitigate the Adverse Effects of a Backward-Facing Step on an Airfoil by Real J. KC, Trevor C. Wilson, Aaron S. Alexander, Jamey D. Jacob, Nicholas A. Lucido, Brian R. Elbing

“…The airfoil spanned the wind tunnel width (914 mm) and had a 197 mm chord length. …”
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Aerodynamic Optimization of a Reduced Scale Model of a Ground Vehicle with a Shape Morphing Technique by Ceyhan Erdem, Yoann Eulalie, Philippe Gilotte, Stefan Harries, Christian N. Nayeri

“…Aerodynamic performances of ground vehicle continuously improve and a lot of both wind tunnel measurements and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) investigations contribute in the identification of local zones where shape deformation can lead to drag force reduction. …”
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Experimental study of the impact of large-scale wind farms on land–atmosphere exchanges by Wei Zhang, Corey D Markfort, Fernando Porté-Agel

“…To understand the wind-farm–atmosphere interaction, we conducted wind-tunnel experiments to study the surface scalar (heat) flux using model wind farms, consisting of more than ten rows of wind turbines—having typical streamwise and spanwise spacings of five and four rotor diameters—in a neutral boundary layer with a heated surface. …”
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Analysis of Numerical Methods for Droplet Impingement Characteristics under Aircraft Icing Conditions by Xiaobin Shen, Wenzhao Zhao, Zicheng Qi, Guiping Lin, Liangquan Wang

“…The reason is studied in detail according to the droplet motion results in the icing wind tunnel. The findings of this work are helpful for the accuracy of aircraft icing and anti-icing/de-icing simulations, and useful for the development of airworthiness certification.…”
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Realistic turbulent inflow conditions for estimating the performance of a floating wind turbine by C. Raibaudo, C. Raibaudo, J.-C. Gilloteaux, L. Perret

“…<p>A novel method for generating turbulent inflow boundary conditions for aeroelastic computations is proposed, based on interfacing hybrid hot-wire and particle image velocimetry measurements performed in a wind tunnel to a full-scale load simulation conducted with FAST. …”
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CFD Aided Ship Design and Helicopter Operation by Weixing Yuan, Alanna Wall, Eric Thornhill, Chris Sideroff, Mahmoud Mamou, Richard Lee

“…This study presents a brief overview of a Canadian in-house ship airwake simulation capability combining in-house high-fidelity wind-tunnel tests, full-scale sea trials, high-order computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools, and realistic engineering-oriented flight simulators. …”
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Integral Airfoil Generation of Multi-rotor Aircraft Based on Optimization of Upper Wing Contour and CFD Simulation by Z. Wang, Y. Zhu, Q. Yuan, W. B. Gu, X. B. Xie

“…After Fluent modeling of the designed airfoil, the Euclidean distance between the calculated angle-lift-drag ratio data curve and the data curve tested by the wind tunnel is 0.0331, while the Euclidean distance between the simulated data in the literature and the wind tunnel data is 0.0408. …”
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BIM-GIS integration approach for high-fidelity wind hazard modeling at the community-level by Omar M. Nofal, John W. van de Lind, Ahmed Zakzouk

“…The developed community model was used as an input for a numerical wind tunnel that uses CFD to account for the detailed wind pressure at each building after including the impacts of aerodynamics interference at the community-level. …”
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Development of A Wind Erosion Sensitivity Model Using Multi-Criteria Assessment Method (Case Study: Hamoun Wildlife Refuge) by Vahid Rahdari, Saeideh Maleki, Mohaddeseh Mir

“…To assess model accuracy, the wind erosion threshold speed was calculated by installing a portable wind tunnel device at 40 sites. The resulting figures were classified into five levels according to the erodibility classes, and compared with the corresponding erosion class of the wind tunnel sites.  …”
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Experimental analysis of the effect of dynamic induction control on a wind turbine wake by D. van der Hoek, J. Frederik, M. Huang, F. Scarano, C. Simao Ferreira, J.-W. van Wingerden

“…This paper presents a wind tunnel experiment where the wake of a wind turbine under periodic excitation is investigated. …”
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Serve Ball Trajectory Characteristics of Different Volleyballs and Their Causes by Takehiro Tamaru, Masaki Hiratsuka, Shinichiro Ito

“…In previous studies using wind tunnels, it was shown that aerodynamic characteristics such as drag force and lateral force applied to the ball vary depending on the type of ball and the orientation of the panel. …”
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Experimental assessment of a blended fatigue‐extreme controller employing trailing edge flaps by Sirko Bartholomay, Sascha Krumbein, Sebastian Perez‐Becker, Rodrigo Soto‐Valle, Christian N. Nayeri, Christian O. Paschereit, Kilian Oberleithner

“…The experiments are conducted on the Berlin Research Turbine within the large wind tunnel of the TU Berlin. In order to reproduce test cases with deterministic extreme wind conditions that follow industry standards, the wind tunnel was redesigned. …”
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Experimental Study on the Snowfall Flow Control of Backward-Facing Steps Using a High-Durability Designed Plasma Electrode by Tasuku Tanaka, Hisashi Matsuda, Toshiki Takahashi, Takahiro Chiba, Nobuyoshi Watanabe, Hideaki Sato, Masafumi Takeyama

“…First, we searched for plasma operation control conditions suitable for the two-dimensional backward-facing step flow by carrying out experiments using a medium-sized circulating wind tunnel. Next, using the natural-snow wind tunnel of the Hokkaido University of Science, we examined whether an AC-driven PA can control snowfall flow. …”
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Aerodynamic benefits of boundary layer ingestion for the D8 double-bubble aircraft by Casses, Cécile J. (Cécile Jeanne Florence)

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A parametric analysis of the start-up procedure and flight characteristics of a gliding autogyro by Oliver, Michael, 1981-

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System identification for longitudinal derivatives for a VTOL UAV by Liang, QiYun

“…A 50% scaled Test Model was fabricated and mounted on a Rig Structure in a wind-tunnel, complete with a control system and an Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS). …”
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Varying the spatial arrangement of synthetic herbivore-induced plant volatiles and companion plants to improve conservation biological control by Jaworski, C, Xiao, D, Xu, Q, Ramirez-Romero, R, Guo, X, Wang, S, Desneux, N

“…The synthetic MeSA dispenser and the companion plant synergistically attracted ladybirds in the olfactometer and enhanced their flight activity in the flight mill. In the wind-tunnel, MeSA served as a spatial cue for ladybirds to find nearby prey, while companion plants were sought in the absence of prey. …”

Effects of symmetrical roof shape on pressure coefficient difference in isothermal condition by Boroojerdian, Mohammad Mahdi

“…To achieve this, three models with different roof shapes were chosen and tested in the wind tunnel. This study compares performance of different roof models shape 1 (Shallow ellipse), shape 2 (ellipse) and shape 3 (hemisphere) in low speed wind tunnel and compares the pressure coefficient (Cp) values at the center of the roof at its contraction, as an indication for higher performance and ventilation flow rates. …”
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Improvement of air change rate through roof design configurations using numerical method by Moey, Lip Kean

“…Validation of results have been done through open circuit low speed wind tunnel experiments on flat and ellipse venturi-shaped roof at 11 ˚. …”
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Simulation of classroom modeling on fourfaced windcatcher for optimum indoor natural ventilation rate by Jomehzadeh, Fatemeh

“…The research method involved experimental wind tunnel test and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation. …”
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